| Estate Portfolio Package Includes:
* Up to a one half hour office
consultation with attorney to determine your Estate Planning and Living Trust needs.
This includes a review of your estate planning questionnaire and documents that you provide
to my office. The heart of your Estate Planning packet is a Living Trust.
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Living Trust (up to 40 pages in length) -
Specifies who will manage the Trust and the beneficiaries after the death of
each person.
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Wills for each of you if you are married
(up to 10 pages in length). In case you left assets out of your will
for some specific reason, they can pour over into the trust after your death.
Sometimes people forget to include property in the trust after the trust has
been completed. A will acts as a vehicle to put the remaining
assets into the trust to be managed.
* Durable
Power of Attorney for each of you (if you
are married.) A durable power of attorney can be several pages for each of
you. This appoints someone, such as a spouse or a trusted relative,
to act for you as a financial manager if you are unable to do so for some
reason. This could be a temporary or a long turn appointment.
*
Community property agreement
if it is deemed to be in your best interest. This has a lot to do with tax
basis of the property and potential capital gain responsibility to the IRS.
*
Health Care Power of Attorney - Also known
as Living Wills. This appoints someone to make a trusted
decision in the event you are unable to do so. This is a very important
document since it gives the power to direct physicians to perform or
withhold treatment. This person is usually a spouse or a trusted relative
or friend who knows what your wishes are regarding medical treatment.
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Deed to transfer California real property
into the Trust. Additional fees are charged when there is more than
one real property.
*Letters
of Instruction to bankers, stock brokers,
IRA custodians, pension plan administrators, life insurance companies.
A great
package covering what you need.
Notary Services are conveniently available
for an additional fee.
***Entire
trust packages includes the items listed listed above ***
If you purchase the
services separately, the total could be over $2,700.00. By providing all
the services at once, it saves time. Since attorneys charge for their
services by time, the savings are passed on to you. So call today for your
quote.
The entire trust package can be prepared for any
one who is a resident in the state of California. Most of the time, the
services can be performed via the telephone, e-mail, fax or over night express
mail. You may not even have to come into the
office if you have transportation problems, ill or just can't arrange the
time during office hours.
**** Don't forget Seniors 62 or over
receive a
$600.00 discount off the full package price.
Other Trust services:
- Grandchild's trust.
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Special Needs Trust. This is a trust within your
trust and is mainly used when the person is a physically or emotionally handicap child or
adult who will be receiving the benefit from the trust and is also receiving
state or federal assistance. This help to allows the child to continue to receive
benefits for both as long as possible.
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Basic Trust with pour over will.
- Complex
trusts with real property, a business, which will serve as the deed of the trustee.
WILLS - WITHOUT A TRUST
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Simple wills without a trust - $100.00 with up to a twenty minute
consultation and questionnaire to be filled out by client. Complex wills with
children from more than one relationship. ($75.00 for each additional child to
be included or excluded from the will).
TRAVEL TIME
FOR AN IN HOME CONSULTATION
FOR WILL OR TRUST
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If necessary, if attorney travels to an agreed upon location, there is an additional
charge based on the time expended and mileage. This must be paid in advance
even if a trust or will is not prepared. Wills or trusts prepared for someone who
is in a hospital, rest home or requires an attorney, or a legal assistant to make a
personal visit to the location of the person making the will, an additional fee of
$350.00 is charged for up to two visits. If documents need to be notarized then
those fees are charged by the notary and are paid separately.
DVD TAPING OF INTERVIEW OF CLIENT WHEN IT IS
ANTICIPATED THE WILL MAY BE CONTESTED.
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Other cases where there may be a need to video tape the interview, there
is a fee of $40
per twenty minutes of interview. This includes the cost of the DVD.
PROBATE
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Probate. There is NO fee for an initial consultation up to 45 minutes.
This is more than enough time to determine if there is a probate
need. If the deceased left a will, there is no charge for the review of the
will within the time frame indicated. Attorney fees are based on the
amount that the State of California sets. Client is only responsible to pay
the initial filling fee as required by law. The filling fees varies based
on the gross amount of the value of the estate.
Disclaimer
- Be
sure to read the disclaimer for this website. This website is for informational
purposes only. NO legal advice shall be construed by reading the information
provided here or in the informational booklets/pamphlets. Buying any
informational booklet does NOT create any attorney/client relationship. After a
retainer agreement has been signed by the perspective client and attorney, then
representation commences.
DON’T WAIT UNTIL YOUR SITUATION GETS OUT OF HAND!
For further information and
consultation CALL 619 447-6780,
e-mail or fax your request for an appointment TODAY!
Living Trust worksheet
and questionnaire.
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